Example sentences of "he may [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However that same landlord may be introducing tube wells , tractors and high-yielding varieties of seeds , and therefore wish to get rid of the large number of inefficient workers to whom he may be partly responsible for housing , clothing , looking after their aged or sick , and also to whom a sizeable proportion of the additional benefit from these improved inputs would accrue . |
| 2 | If a judge has slept badly , has had an indigestible breakfast , tripped over the cat , has been roundly abused by his wife and scolded by his children , or if his mind has been distracted by the children 's school reports , a narrow defeat at a curling match or whatever , he may be temporarily off form . |
| 3 | He may be financially tied to Talkin Loud and parent company Phonogram , but there are few strings attached . |
| 4 | As the part requires an actor of substantial proportions , the obvious choice would be someone like John Candy or John Goodman ( of David Byrne 's True Stories and Channel Four 's Roseanne ) — though he may be simply too nice to play Ignatius , and is anyway busy perfecting his bowling technique for his upcoming appearance as Fred in the live-action version of The Flintstones . |
| 5 | He may be just naive and well meaning . |
| 6 | He may be just a boy , but he 's also something of a genius . |
| 7 | He may be right — he seems like a zombie when he 's on them , but then about a month after he stops having the regular injections he gets happier for a while , then gradually all the funny ideas begin again . |
| 8 | In sentences 3 and 4 , the reference value of he may be either the president or some other male person . |
| 9 | He may be rather reluctant and could need stronger riding initially until he is underway . |
| 10 | He may be completely landless , or it may be that his plot is n't big enough and he has to spend part of his time , or part of his family has to spend part of their time , working for somebody else to get in some extra money or possibly renting land from somebody else . |
| 11 | At such moments he may be most culpable vis-à-vis a responsible sexual politics ( lesbian , gay , and feminist ) , but most revealing about the ‘ nature ’ of sexual desire . |
| 12 | He may be quite an able chap . |
| 13 | He may be naturally drawn towards a discovery of a state which does not depend on time and space for its reality , but the medium of the imperfect world into which he is born means that : Such knowing and feeling , the mystics say , is given in response to a process — an ordering of the drives in human nature so that they can be expressed as love . |
| 14 | Where such a step-by-step approach is not appropriate , and it does restrict the contractor 's freedom to use his own judgement in areas where he may be better informed than his customer , an approach that divides risk and reward on a reasonably equitable basis between customer and contractor may be a useful option . |
| 15 | In some ways , he may be better off at Birmingham — nearer to Richard , & to all his pals and usual haunts . |
| 16 | ‘ For you perhaps , headmaster , ’ said Robert , ‘ but , you see , while I 'm sure he may be there , I 'm not absolutely sure he is , if you see what I mean . ’ |
| 17 | If there is enough snow to make a really big snowman , he may be as tall as Mr A. on the first day , but as he melts , he will shrink to be as tall as Miss B. and then as small as the smallest child , until he finally disappears . |
| 18 | For all I know he may be as fresh and innocent as the dawn 's early dew . ’ |
| 19 | He may be as tough as a dinosaur , but he 's as gentle as a lamb . |
| 20 | If a passerby were to decline to lend the constable his map or his ladder to assist , he may be wilfully obstructing the constable ; but he would not he obstructing the constable in the execution of his duty . |
| 21 | The person must be told that he may be legally represented . |
| 22 | If you are not called in , you will be asked to leave the ring — do n't despair , another judge may like your horse or he may be more suitable for another type of class . |
| 23 | Now he knows I am here he may be more careful , or he may act more quickly than he had planned . ’ |
| 24 | Or he may be so sick he ca n't get up . |
| 25 | He may be so anxious to please you that he tries extra hard to be good . |
| 26 | ( 4 ) If a court determines that any such criteria are satisfied , it shall make an order authorising the child to be kept in secure accommodation and specifying the maximum period for which he may be so kept . |
| 27 | He may be safely out of the way again now , but a lot of decent people have no safety and no homes . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Because he is English , and noble , though he may be only the small cousinly fry of his house . |
| 29 | ‘ He may be somewhat off his guard where other matters are concerned . ’ |